Louisiana News

Governor Bobby Jindal announced today that Severe Weather Awareness Week will be February 13-17. According to the National Weather Service , severe weather can impact Louisiana anytime of the year.

A boutique rum distillery being developed in southwest Louisiana has been approved by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, according to reports. Louisiana Spirits, being developed in Lacassine near Lake Charles, is now bonded and has the federal pernits needed to manufacture distilled spirits. Owner Louisiana Spirits LLC still awaits final approval from state regulators. “Our vision for a world-class rum distillery in Louisiana is coming to life. The DSP permit represents a major milestone in our overall project to bring a distillery to Louisiana,” Trey Litel of Lake Charles, one of three principals in Louisiana Spirits LLC, said in a statement. “We are energized by this approval and we look forward to working with the Louisiana ATC and Department of Revenue to complete our operating license requirements.” A warehouse has been built to hold distillery equipment, beverage tanks, barrel storage, the bottling line and raw material. Construction will continue with dirt work for the ponds, an entrance road and the foundation for offices and a visitors center. The other principles in Louisiana Spirits are Timothy J. Litel of Baton Rouge and Anthony J. "Skip" Cortese Jr., also of Baton Rouge. The firm was registered with the secretary of state's office on May 31, 2011. Timothy Litel and Cortese have worked together for 12 years to build and sell environmental service companies, according to www.LaSpirits.net. Trey Litel has more than 25 years of sales and marketing expertise, with over 10 years in the distilled spirits and beverages industries, the site says.

Over the past weekend, FreedomWorks made its way to Louisiana to do some trainings and meetings with local activists gearing up for a state and national education reform campaign.

Yellow Sheet Pork Carcass Cutout Value - Quote: $0.856 Week Ago: $0.861 52 Weeks Ago:0.876 $0.873 The Environmental Protection Agency has issued cease and desist administrative orders to two chicken broiler facilities in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, for discharging chicken litter into a tributary of the Dugdemona River.

If you're looking for a job that pays well, at least for a few years, try upper management in a state agency.

Avoyelles Parish officials are on the verge of climbing out from under federal oversight of its school system.

A former state lawmaker has landed a $150,000 a year job as the No. 2 official at the state Department of Insurance.

In commemoration of Black History Month, Louisiana Delta Community College's Student Government Association will present Black Women in American Culture and History, a celebration of African-American Women's achievements in the United States and beyond.

Washington Mardi Gras is an occasion for breaking out the latest in political beadwear, and so Rep.

Marie Alana Hargrave and Dr. Sarwat Gad were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony during a seven o'clock evening ceremony on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at Saint Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana.

As a black child in the segregated south, Lisa Delpit recalls teachers extolling her to, "Act your age, not your race." A MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner and former Georgia State University professor, Delpit maintains that racism, while not as overt, still taints America's classrooms in subtle yet damaging ways.

Recent heavy rain has helped push out salt water that had been creeping north from the Gulf of Mexico and threatened the salt-sensitive rice crop in southwest Louisiana, where many farmers depend on surface water from canals to irrigate their fields.

Advocate staff photo by PATRICK DENNIS. Cindy Rougeou, executive director of the Louisiana State Employee's Retirement System, speaks during the Baton Rouge Press Club's weekly luncheon Monday.

Louisiana State Police Troop A investigated a fatal crash involving a pedestrian, early Saturday morning at approximately 2:30 a.m. Troopers' investigation states a 2012 Volvo Tractor was traveling west on LA 30 near Ashland Road when 32-year-old Christian Salinas of Houston stepped into its path.

A lawmaker in Louisiana planned to poll his fellow commissioners this month about a possible ordinance that would prohibit wearing pajama pants in public.

BATON ROUGE, La. -- The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry says its annual shade tree seedling sale will be in late February and early March at nine sites around the state.

We've always wanted to take a stab at rolling out a few Natchitoches meat pies .

We were happy to note nearly a year ago that "they're talking about us out in La-La Land, as in L.A." At the time, we were congratulating Louisiana for having snagged production of "Battle: Los Angeles," a sci-fi action film that tells the story of man's last stand against an invasion of aliens.

Louisiana State Police stopped a vehicle on Interstate 20 near Calhoun, early Friday for a routine traffic violation.

About 272 million tons of material passed through the port in 2011, surpassing the 2006 record of 263 million tons.